Omnivoriphylus wanarra, Randall T. Schuh & Michael D. Schwartz, 2016

Randall T. Schuh & Michael D. Schwartz, 2016, Nineteen new genera and 82 new species of Cremnorrhinina from Australia, including analyses of host relationships and distributions (Insecta: Hemiptera: Miridae: Phylininae: Cremnorrhinini), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 401, pp. 1-279 : 161-162

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.269465

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE8796-BE98-04BC-79F9-3D69FE338937

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scientific name

Omnivoriphylus wanarra
status

sp. nov.

Omnivoriphylus wanarra , new species

Figure 69, map 18, table 1, plates 22, 23

DIAGNOSIS: Recognized by the very elongate, parallel-sided body, green/yellow exocorium, weakly orange cuneus, strongly infuscate clavus and membrane (head and pronotum somewhat less so) (pl. 22), and endosoma with a single straight apical spine surrounded by an irregular membranous sheath supporting a short reflected tubercle (fig. 69, pl. 23). Coloration unique among known Australian Cremnorrhinina; single straight, apical endosomal spine most similar in structure to that seen in O. charleville but two species easily separated by strongly differing coloration and minute differences in male genitalia.

DESCRIPTION: MALE: Large, elongate, parallel sided; mean total length 4.40, mean pronotum width 1.12. COLORATION (pl. 22): Head and pronotum pale, green/yellow, exocorium mostly yellow, cuneus weakly orange; clavus infuscate, corium strongly fumose; hemelytron opaque, with weak dark spot on corium at inner angle of cuneus and stronger spot

on membrane at apex of cells. SURFACE AND VESTITURE (pl. 22): Body surface smooth, weakly shining; vestiture of dark, reclining, common setae. STRUCTURE: Head (pl. 22): Appearing narrow, weakly conforming to anterior margin of pronotum, eyes bulging; eye occupying two-thirds height of head; antenna inserted about width of fossa above ventral margin of eye; antennal segment 2 long, robust, and of uniform diameter (1.21), 1.59 times width of pronotum; labium just surpassing posterior margin of mesosternum. Thorax (pl. 22): Pronotum with lateral margins nearly straight, calli weakly demarcated, posterior lobe weakly elevated, poste ‐ rior margin weakly excavated; mesoscutum moderately exposed. Hemelytron: Corial margin nearly straight, cuneus strongly elongate. GENITALIA (fig. 69, pl. 23): Pygophore: Left surface with several relatively long bristles ventrad of aperture. Endosoma: Dorsal strap with straight apical spine extending beyond secondary gonopore by length of gonopore; ventral strap with sclerotized region terminating at distal end of gonopore, distally with membranous sheath conforming to endosomal contour; dorsal surface of sheath with short reflected tubercle. Phallotheca: Apical portion well sclerotized, long, and narrow; dorsal surface without crest; medium-sized, ovoid aperture with slightly flared margin situated on anterior dorsal surface; base of apical portion with small outpocket on left side of anterior surface; basal portion with strongly sclerotized margins. Parameres: Left paramere with somewhat elongate typically phyline form; dorsoposterior margin strongly raised dorsad of posterior and anterior processes; posterior process relatively long; anterior process comparatively long, prom ‐ inent seta placed laterad of anterior process. Right paramere with roughly uniform width and with small square-edged apex.

FEMALE: Unknown.

ETYMOLOGY: Named after Wanarra Road, Charles Darwin Nature Reserve, Western Australia; a noun in apposition.

HOST: Recorded from Eremophila clarkei (pl. 37D, E) ( Scrophulariaceae ).

DISTRIBUTION (map 18): Known only from the type locality in the Charles Darwin Reserve, about 350 km NNE of Perth, West ‐ ern Australia.

DISCUSSION: See discussion under O. charleville .

HOLOTYPE: AUSTRALIA: Western Australia: Charles Darwin Reserve, track to Seven Mile Well, N of Wanarra Rd, 29.57413°S 117.02055°E, 326 m, 24 Sep 2009, C. Symonds, Eremophila clarkei A.F. Oldfield & F. Muell. (Scrophulariaceae) , det. WA Herbarium, 1d (AMNH_PBI 00387488) (WAMP).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Miridae

Genus

Omnivoriphylus

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